Born Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In the human heart one generation of passions follows another; from the ashes of one springs the spark of the next.

— Anonymous

“Remember what one of our philosophers once said, 'In the human heart there is a perpetual generation of passions, such that the ruin of…

— Richard Castle

“Passions change and morph over time as one comes to know and understand oneself more deeply. As you follow your passions, you will find…

— Janet, Bray Attwood

“The passions have been sufficiently interpreted; the point now is to discover new ones. ”

— Guy Debord

The passions often engender their contraries.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passions are generally roused from great conflict.

— Livy

The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.

— Isaac Watts

Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding.

— Ben Jonson

Passion is born when your heart gets carried away with a purpose greater than yourself.

— Roy Spence

Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage.

— Mikhail Lermontov

We are not born of the passions of war or of the fervours of revolution. And we grew quietly into the realization that, set…

— Vincent Massey